Hubungan antara Intensitas Penggunaan Media Sosial dengan Komunikasi Interpersonal pada Remaja di SMK Negeri 1 Percut Sei Tuan

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine relationship between intensity of using social media with adolescent interpersonal communication in SMK Negeri 1 Percut Sei Tuan. Research subjects in this study were adolescent. Data collection techniques in this study conducted by distributing questionnaires at sample consisted of 77 respondents. In this study to measure intensity of using social media using intensity of using Social Media Scale, while measurement of interpersonal communication using interpersonal communication Scale. Data analysis techniques in this study used the Pearson Product Moment correlation test. The results showed a negative relationship between intensity of using social media with adolescents interpersonal communication in SMK Negeri 1 Percut Sei Tuan with a correlation coefficient (rxy) - 0.482 and a significance of 0,000 (p < 0.05). The determinant coefficient (r2) 0.232 is 23.2 % which means that the contribution intensity of using social media to interpersonal communication is 23.2 % and there are still 76.8% of other factors of interpersonal communication that are not explained and not seen in this study. It is also known that adolescents in SMK Negeri 1 Percut Sei Tuan, have a high intensity of using social media (empirical mean 116.99 > hypothetical mean 97.5 where the difference between the two means exceeds the SD number 9,354) and adolescents interpersonal communication in SMK Negeri 1 Percut Sei Tuan is relatively low (empirical mean 100.27 < hypothetical mean 107.5 where the difference between the two means exceeds SD number 6.168).